BHOPAL: The nomination papers of four candidates for mayoral posts were rejected during scrutiny on Monday. Overall 181 candidates had filed nominations for contesting the mayor elections across 16 municipal corporations of the state.
“The forms of four mayoral candidates were rejected while 177 have been found to be valid. Information regarding candidates for the post of corporators is still being received,” secretary state election commission Rakesh Singh told TOI. A total of 33805 candidates, including 16163 men, 17637 women and five others, had filed nominations for the post of corporators in the civic bodies across the state, of which maximum 1594 people had filed nominations from Chhattarpur district.
